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834 HUNTER-BLAIR. U N T E R- BLAIR, Sir Edward, of Blairqu- han, CO. Ayr (1786, G. B.) ; late 93rd high- landers, lieut.-col. coram, of the united brigade of Ayr and Wigton art. vols. 1867/73; s. his father as 4th Baronet in 18.57; b. 2-1 Mar. 1818; m. 4 June, 1850, Elizabeth, dau. of late George Wauchope, Esq. brother of William Wauchope, Esq. of Niddrie, and has 8 sons and 4 daus. (1) David, capt. late Ayr & Wigton mil. b. 30 Sept. 1853. (2) James, d. at Harrow, 25 July, 1870, aged 15. (3) Edward, b. 14 Mar. 1858. (4) Forbes Cromartie, b. 22 Sept. 1859. (5) Walter Charles, lieut. R.A.; b. 1 Sept. 1860. (6) Reginald Stanley, lieut. Gordon highlanders ; b. 18 Nov. 1861. (7) John, b. 26 July, 1865. (8) Gilbert Wauchope, b. 25 Oct. 18G8. (9) Dorothea Elizabeth Thomasina, m. 23 July, 1873, to Com. David Boyle, R.N. eldest son of Patrick Boyle, Esq. (E. GLAS- GOW), Shewalton, Ayrshire. (10) Alicia Mary, ui. 7 April, 1874, to Charles Dalrymple, Esq. late M.P. Buteshire (FERGUSSOX— BART.) (11) Helen Constance. (12) Ada Selina. A.RMS— Quarterly: 1st, Arg.. on a chevron gu., between three bugles vert, an annulet or, Hl'XTER; 2nd, Ai-g., on a chevron gu., between three cross-crosslets fitchee sa., as many fleurs- de-lis or, all within the royal tressure of Scotland gu., Kex- NKDY of Culzcan; 3rd, Arg., on a saltire sa. eight mascles of the field, and in chief a star of six points gu., Bl.AiR; 4th. Arg., a shakefork sa., and in chief a rose gu. surmounted of a mullet of the field, Cl-nxixghame of Brownhill. CREST— A stag's head cabossed ppr. SUPPORTERS— Dexter, a dog of chase salient arg. Sinister, an antelope springing ppr., gorged with an open crown, and a chain hanging thereat, or. Motto— Vigilantia, robur, voluptas. SEATS- Blairquhan Castle, Girvan, Maybole, Ayrshire, and Dunskey House, Wigtonshire. Hincage. TAMES HUNTER, of Abbotsliill, Ayrsh. provost of Ayr (great-grandson of James Hunter, of Abbotsbill 1569), by Jane Campbell; liis wife had with other issue 2 sons, [1] Adam, of Abbotsbill (3rd son), m. 1st, Marion, dau. of Thomas Blair, of Ayr, merchant, and 2ndly, Janet Wallace, of Mainholm and Woodhcad. By his 1st wife he had with other issue a son, James Hunter, of Ayr, writer ; b. 5 Aug. 1672 ; d. 1 Nov. 1739, having m. 1694, Janet, dau. of Jolin Fergussou. of Ayr, merchant, and had with other issue 2 sons, (1) Andrew, of Abbotsbill, died 1770, aged 75, having m. Grace or Grizel, dau. of Col. William Maxwell, of Cardoness (Bart.) His grandson, William Francis Hunter-Aiiundell, of Barjarg, Dumfries, advocate, assumed the additional surname of Arundell (eldest surviving son of Rev. Andrew Hunter, B.D. and Marianme Schaw, dau. ofWilliam, Lord Napier); d. 22 April, 1827, having m. 13 Nov. 1813, Jane, dau. and even- tual heiress of Francis St. Aubyn, of CoUnmixton, by his wife Jane Arundell, coheir of her grandfather William Arundell, of Tolveme and Truthall, Cornwall; she d. , having had a son and 2 daus. /I/ William Francis, of Barjarg Tower, J.P.; b. 16 June, 1820; m. 20 Sept. 1849, Mary, eldest dau. of David Dickson, Esq. of KUbuchs and Hartree, Peebles, and has a son, Frederick Ernest ArundeU, heut. R.A. 1874. /2/ Frances St. Aubyn, m. to Rev. WUliam Murray, late of Salcombe, Devon, and had 2 daus. /3/ Mariamne Schaw Napier, m. to late William A. Wood- cock, Esq. (2) John, of Brownhill, Ayrsh. and of Mainholm; b. 11 Aug. 1702; m. Anne, dau. and heir of William Cunninghame, of Bro-mihill, by his wife Anne, 2nd dau. and coheir of Sir Ai-chibald Hamilton, Bart, (ext.), of RosehaU (B.BELHAVEN), and had with other issue, Sir James Hunter-Blair (2nd son),createdaBARONET [2] Robert, of Doglaud , provost of Ayr ; m. 1657, Agnes, dau. of John Paterson; his great-grandson, Robert Hunter, of Thurston, E.Lothian, d. 1810, having m. 1st— ilargaret, dau. of James Roberton, of Calcutta; she d. 1776, leaving issue. He m. 2ndly— Isabella, dau. of (Hon.) Robert Ord, chief baron of Scotland ,by whom he had with other issue a son, James Hunter, of Thurston, d. 3 Dec. 1844, having m. Eliza, dau. of Ross Jennings, Esq. of Brock's Place,co. War- wick, and had 4 sons and 3 daus. (1) James William, of Thurston, J.P. D.L. Haddington, capt. 7th dragoon guards; b.l Feb. 1812; d. s. p. 10 Feb. 1879, having m. 4 Aug. 1847, Sidney Anne, dau. of Henry Arlot ManseU, Esq. of Guernsey. (2) Robert Francis, major 71st highlanders; d. unm. in Crimea 1855. (3) Richard, col. 7th Madras cav. m. 4 April, 1850. Hannah, dau. of Richard Watt, of Bishop Burton, Yorks, and has with other issue a son, Richard; of Thurston, b. 5 Jan. 1851. (4) John Alexander, Madras C.S. d. unm. 1848. (5) Isabella, d. 28 July, 1857, having m. 21 Nov. 1851, to John Stewart, of Eskgrove, W.S. descended from the family of Bute, and had 2 sons and a dau. (6) Sarali Elizabeth, m. 26 Sept. 1849, to George Seton, Esq. (representative of Seton of Caiiston), advocate, 1846, M.A. Oxon. secretary in general registry office, Edinburgh, 1854, superintendent civil service examinations in Scotland 1862, author of " The Law and Practice of Heraldry in Scotland," and has a son and 3 daus. /I/ George .SETON, b. 13 Feb. 1852. /2/ Elizabeth Lindsay, m. 13 Feb. 1878, to William Living- stone Watson, of London, merchant. /3/ Margaret Montgomerie. /4/ Mary Stuart. (7) Margaretta Eleanor, m. 30 Dec. 1859, to Edward Au- gustus Prinsep, Bengal C.S., s.p.s. SIR JAMES HUNTER-BLAIR , lord provost of Edinburgh and M.P. 1781/4, banker, citizen, burgess, and guild brother of the city of Edinburgh, king's printer and stationerfor Scotlaiid; assumed the additional surname of Blair on his marriage ; created a BARONET OF GREAT BRITAIN 27 Jime, 1786 ; b. Feb. 1741; d. 1 July, 1787, having m. 1770, Jane, dau. and heir of John Blair, Esq. of Dunskey, co. Wigtown, by Anne, sister and coheir of David, 10th Earl of CasssiUs (M. AiLSA); she d. 2 Feb. 1817, having had with other issue 5 sons and 2 daus. (1) Sir John, 2nd Baronet, d. imm. 24 May, 1800. (2) Sir David, s. as 3rd Baronet. (3) James, of Dunskey, M.P. co. Wigtown, d. unm. July, 1822. (4) Robert, capt. 68th regt. d. unm. 1799. (5) Thomas, of Dunskey, C.B. major-gen. in the army, wounded and taken prisoner at Talavera, and again wounded at Water- loo, brigadier-gen. in the Burmese war, capt. 91st regt. lieut.- col. 87th regt. ; d. s. p. 31 Aug. 1849, having m. 1820, Eliza, dau. of J Norris, Esq. (6) Anne, m. 1791, to William Miu-e, of Caldwell, Ayrsh. (7) Clementina, d. 19 June, 1814, having m. 1808, to Gen. John Francis Birch. R.E. QIR DAVID HUNTER-BLAIR, 3rd Baronet, col. Ayrshire lO militia, convener and vice-licut. of the co. Ayr, midship- man Il.M.s. "Hyacinth," then entered 93rd highlanders ; b. 24 Mar. 1818 ; d. 26 Dec. 1857, having m. 1st— 2 July, 1813, Dorothea, 2nd dau. of the late Edward Hay-Mackenzie, Esq. of Newhall and Cromarty (brother of George, 7th Marquis of Tweeddale) ; she d. 22 May, 1820, having had 2 sons and a dau. (1) James, M.P. Aj'rshire, lieut.-col. Scots fusiliers guards ; b. 22 Mar. 1817, fell when commanding his battalion at the battle of Inkerman, 1854. (2) Sir Edward, 4th and present Baronet. (3) Maria Dorothea m. 15 Jan. 1839, to Sir Walter Elliot, of Wolfelee, Roxburghs, K.c.s.i. f.l.s. sen. member Madras Coun- cil, 1864/9. and has had 4 sons and 2 daus. (1) J.ames Thomas Spencer Elliot, b. 6 Sept. 1845.— (2) Walter Blair, r.n. b. 19 July, 1847; d. 14 Dec. 1869.— (3) Ed- ward Hay Mackenzie, 82nd regt. b. 30 Nov. 1852.- (4) Her- man Frederick, 42nd highlanders, b. 22 Oct. 1854. (5) Dorothea Helen, m. 11 April, 1866, to William Eliott Lockhart, of Borthwick Brae and Cleghorn, capt. late 74th highlanders.— (6) Caroline Elizabeth.